Senior Manager, Internal Communications

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you'll do

We're excited to announce a dynamic opportunity for a Senior Manager of Internal Communications to join our growing team! This role offers the flexibility and convenience of fully remote work, allowing you to contribute from anywhere in the United States.

As Senior Internal Communications Manager within Corporate Communications, you will connect employees to Viasat's strategy and culture across Engineering, VGS, and corporate functions. Serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, you will convert complex priorities into effective communication strategies. Additionally, you will lead and mentor junior staff, oversee portfolio deliverables, and autonomously drive communications strategy, governance, and continuous improvement.

The day-to-day

Strategic Communications & Business Partnership

• Own the internal communications strategy and roadmap for Engineering, VGS, and other assigned business functions, ensuring communication priorities are aligned with business and organizational objectives.
• Serve as a strategic communications advisor to senior executives and functional leaders, providing counsel on complex, sensitive, and high-impact organizational communications.
• Translate complex technical, operational, and business priorities into clear communications strategies that improve employee understanding and organizational alignment.
• Anticipate communications needs, risks, and opportunities and proactively recommend strategies and approaches to leadership.
• Lead communications strategy for major business initiatives, organizational changes, leadership priorities, and other complex programs.
• Determine the appropriate communications approach, audience, timing, sequencing, and channels based on business objectives and stakeholder needs.
• Balance competing communications needs and recommend where team resources should be focused to achieve the greatest organizational impact.

People & Team Leadership

• Directly supervise and develop junior communications staff, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, prioritization, performance feedback, and career development support.
• Set clear priorities, goals, expectations, and development plans aligned with business needs and employee growth.
• Delegate communications projects and deliverables while maintaining accountability for quality, consistency, timeliness, and business outcomes.
• Provide strategic direction and review communications strategies, messaging, and deliverables developed by the junior team member.
• Coach the junior team member to progressively strengthen strategic communications capabilities, business acumen, stakeholder management, and independent ownership.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment focused on accountability, responsiveness, continuous improvement, and development.

Executive Communications & Organizational Alignment

• Partner with executives and functional leaders to develop communications strategies that build employee understanding, trust, transparency, and connection to business priorities.
• Advise leaders on messaging, stakeholder considerations, communications risks, sequencing, and employee engagement approaches.
• Lead the development of executive communications, including leadership presentations, talking points, videos, employee updates, and other strategic communications.
• Coach leaders on effective communication practices and approaches for reaching and engaging diverse employee audiences.
• Ensure leadership communications reinforce company strategy, culture, organizational priorities, and OKRs.

Communications Operations & Governance

• Provide leadership for internal communications operations, governance, and enterprise communications practices, ensuring consistent and effective delivery across the organization.
• Establish and continuously improve communications standards, workflows, editorial practices, processes, and channel strategies.
• Oversee enterprise communications channels, including intranet platforms, email communications, and other employee communications tools.
• Establish and manage editorial planning and communications calendars that align resources, messaging, and timing with business priorities.
• Set expectations for communications quality, audience experience, channel use, and editorial consistency.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve communications tools, and strengthen the employee communications experience.

Measurement & Organizational Impact

• Establish measures of communications effectiveness that assess audience engagement, message comprehension, and organizational impact.
• Use employee feedback, communications analytics, and organizational insights to evaluate effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Monitor communications and engagement trends and translate findings into actionable recommendations for leaders.
• Provide leadership with insights on communications performance, audience needs, emerging challenges, and opportunities.
• Use measurement and feedback to continuously improve communications strategies, channels, and practices.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of experience in internal or corporate communications, with experience supporting complex, matrixed organizations; experience within government, defense, or another highly regulated business environment preferred.
• 3+ years of direct people management experience, including responsibility for setting priorities, providing performance feedback, developing talent, and managing team workflows.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Marketing, Public Relations, English, Journalism, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to serve as a strategic communications advisor to senior leaders and influence decisions through communications expertise and business judgment.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand complex operational, technical, and organizational topics and translate them into effective communications strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with a high level of autonomy, make sound decisions, balance competing priorities, and take accountability for outcomes.
• Experience leading communications for complex organizational initiatives and change.
• Strong people leadership and coaching capabilities with demonstrated experience building employee capability and increasing team effectiveness.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, compelling communications for diverse and global audiences.
• Experience establishing or improving communications processes, governance, channels, or operating practices.
• Experience using communications analytics, employee feedback, and other insights to evaluate effectiveness and inform strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

What will help you on the job

• Strong executive presence and the ability to build credibility as a communications advisor with senior leaders.
• An empowering, growth-oriented leadership approach and genuine commitment to developing others.
• Sound judgment and comfort making recommendations in complex or ambiguous situations.
• An enterprise mindset with the ability to connect communications priorities to broader business and organizational objectives.
• A collaborative leadership style and ability to build strong partnerships across complex, matrixed organizations.
• A continuous-improvement mindset with the ability to identify opportunities to improve communications practices, processes, and employee experience.
• Ability to move effectively between strategic leadership and hands-on execution when business needs require it.

Salary range

$133,000.00 - $210,000.00 / annually.

For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $165,000.00- $248,000.00/ annually

At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat’s comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.

EEO Statement

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.

Strategic Communications & Business Partnership

• Own the internal communications strategy and roadmap for Engineering, VGS, and other assigned business functions, ensuring communication priorities are aligned with business and organizational objectives.
• Serve as a strategic communications advisor to senior executives and functional leaders, providing counsel on complex, sensitive, and high-impact organizational communications.
• Translate complex technical, operational, and business priorities into clear communications strategies that improve employee understanding and organizational alignment.
• Anticipate communications needs, risks, and opportunities and proactively recommend strategies and approaches to leadership.
• Lead communications strategy for major business initiatives, organizational changes, leadership priorities, and other complex programs.
• Determine the appropriate communications approach, audience, timing, sequencing, and channels based on business objectives and stakeholder needs.
• Balance competing communications needs and recommend where team resources should be focused to achieve the greatest organizational impact.

People & Team Leadership

• Directly supervise and develop junior communications staff, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, prioritization, performance feedback, and career development support.
• Set clear priorities, goals, expectations, and development plans aligned with business needs and employee growth.
• Delegate communications projects and deliverables while maintaining accountability for quality, consistency, timeliness, and business outcomes.
• Provide strategic direction and review communications strategies, messaging, and deliverables developed by the junior team member.
• Coach the junior team member to progressively strengthen strategic communications capabilities, business acumen, stakeholder management, and independent ownership.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment focused on accountability, responsiveness, continuous improvement, and development.

Executive Communications & Organizational Alignment

• Partner with executives and functional leaders to develop communications strategies that build employee understanding, trust, transparency, and connection to business priorities.
• Advise leaders on messaging, stakeholder considerations, communications risks, sequencing, and employee engagement approaches.
• Lead the development of executive communications, including leadership presentations, talking points, videos, employee updates, and other strategic communications.
• Coach leaders on effective communication practices and approaches for reaching and engaging diverse employee audiences.
• Ensure leadership communications reinforce company strategy, culture, organizational priorities, and OKRs.

Communications Operations & Governance

• Provide leadership for internal communications operations, governance, and enterprise communications practices, ensuring consistent and effective delivery across the organization.
• Establish and continuously improve communications standards, workflows, editorial practices, processes, and channel strategies.
• Oversee enterprise communications channels, including intranet platforms, email communications, and other employee communications tools.
• Establish and manage editorial planning and communications calendars that align resources, messaging, and timing with business priorities.
• Set expectations for communications quality, audience experience, channel use, and editorial consistency.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve communications tools, and strengthen the employee communications experience.

Measurement & Organizational Impact

• Establish measures of communications effectiveness that assess audience engagement, message comprehension, and organizational impact.
• Use employee feedback, communications analytics, and organizational insights to evaluate effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Monitor communications and engagement trends and translate findings into actionable recommendations for leaders.
• Provide leadership with insights on communications performance, audience needs, emerging challenges, and opportunities.
• Use measurement and feedback to continuously improve communications strategies, channels, and practices.

• 10+ years of experience in internal or corporate communications, with experience supporting complex, matrixed organizations; experience within government, defense, or another highly regulated business environment preferred.
• 3+ years of direct people management experience, including responsibility for setting priorities, providing performance feedback, developing talent, and managing team workflows.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Marketing, Public Relations, English, Journalism, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to serve as a strategic communications advisor to senior leaders and influence decisions through communications expertise and business judgment.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand complex operational, technical, and organizational topics and translate them into effective communications strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with a high level of autonomy, make sound decisions, balance competing priorities, and take accountability for outcomes.
• Experience leading communications for complex organizational initiatives and change.
• Strong people leadership and coaching capabilities with demonstrated experience building employee capability and increasing team effectiveness.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, compelling communications for diverse and global audiences.
• Experience establishing or improving communications processes, governance, channels, or operating practices.
• Experience using communications analytics, employee feedback, and other insights to evaluate effectiveness and inform strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.